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thursday april 15 1971 the tribune psje 3 vivian shrubmount pine orchard central school here protest whitchurch parents pine orchard over 100 concerned parents taxed the accommodation at pine orchard school april 7 in an emotionally charged confrontation with a delegation from the york county board of education over the suggested closing of three rural schools in whitchurch-stouf- ville the board proposes to bus 160 students from pine orchard vivian and shrub- mount schools to the new 641504 rogers public school in newmarket parental criticism of the boards proposals include objections to the distance school children would be required to travel every day the amount of time students would be spending on buses an increase in the studentteacher ratio and the proposed open school concept at rogers speaking on behalf of the board ronald hall area 2 superintendent told parents the op portunities at rogers would be far superior to those found in the small two room schools there is far more provision at rogers for specialization he told the assembly the organization is far more adaptable as well in the country schools when two teachers are sick you have to declare a holiday facilities to be in- corporated into rogers include a library resource centre a gym four main teaching areas with enclosures for special study and remedial work rogers is presently planning to include kindergarten to grade 5 but mr hall told parents the curriculum may be extended to also in clude grades 6 7 and 8 although the question of economics was carefully avoided by delegates the board feels a saving of 56000 could be ac complished if the rural schools were closed in a report handed down by the head of planning and development steven bacsalmasi at the boards march 22 meeting trustees were told it costs 8000 per pupil per year more to educate a child in a rural school than it does in a larger urban centre a recent study of operating costs for schools in the whit church stouffville area revealed that per pupil cost for all teaching staff caretakers supplies telephone and mainiainence for 11 rural schools totals 41836 for each of the 708 pupils enrolled at regency acres the cost is 32736 per year the report states additional tran sportation arrange ments for special education students which cost the board 8000 per day could be eliminated under the new busing plan the report continued on hand to reassure parents as well was the newly appointed principal of rogers keith profit he ex plained to parents that the school would be run on a modified open plan system but he didnt intend to condone an at mosphere of per missiveness but despite assurances from board members trustees and staff parents remained unconvinced that their children would receive better education in newmarket speaking as unof ficial representatives for the group jim and lee wong cherry street vivian told board members parents would be happy to see their children in a modern school with all the advantages of rogers but in whitchurch not newmarket there are only 150 kids from eagle heights subdivision that will be attending rogers but 500 from the whitchurch area we cant see why 500 students should be bused out of the community to fill a school miles away there are more than enough school age children to warrant a new school here mrs wong said adding to his wifes arguments mr wong a secondary school teacher in metro explained to the board that people in the vivian ballantrae pine orchard and shrubmount area consider whitchurch their community when you ask us to send our children to newmarket you are asking us to change their pattern of school and community life we have a cinema at ballantrae a judo club and a community centre newmarket isnt part of our community and we dont want to become urbanites most of us moved away from toronto to get away from schools where our children were just numbers we dont want it to happen here he said several other parents expressed the fear that large urban schools encourage delinquency and drug abuse you dont see drugs in small country schools a pine or chard father told the board in every metro junior high drugs are a critical problem but when walter willms superin tendent of area one tried to convince parents that their fears were unfounded he was greeted with calls of derision employment program uxbridge 3300 the stouffville lionssponsored bikeathon is set for saturday may 1 to assist in supervising the 30mile route fred lewis of altona feed and supplies has donated the services of four honda motorcyclists left to right helen bradley terry lewis gordon powell and june powell seven of the bike entries are left to right mike boadway ian harris greg murphy glenn gibson juliet frenchman dana turner and mark boadway jas thomas tu1 ii m j frjej t jr ggggj t victoria 11 cashell f square j w a iff u g the bikeathon route is indicated on the map above with the start and finish at the stouffville memorial park if you asked the kids theyd tell you they are happy where they are interjected one man no way are my kids going to newmarket theyll stay at home first commented another but the greatest criticism among parents was reserved for the distance their children would have to travel and the amount of time they would have to spend on buses by the time the stormy session was over parents in the pine orchard ballantrae vivian and red white food stores old timb friendliness tn froxv food fea mgh unk coo mh ft kruncmes p 59 amowt totpl meat pies 4 o95 cuomkt panct tuh f strawberries 49c itu mudow imkaf chicken i chips 49 value checkd branded prime rib roasts old tim vaiui pork roasts pork butt roasts pork butt chops wieners skinless burns milo seasoned bologna maple leaf freh picnic style shoulder is l 4 tlt avtrif 11 tjohi with ou tim t avouiiti- 37 lb honist to goooniss ur smackin by the piece lb 4 58c ib 55 ib is lb caftui 3se pickled beets 39c table syrup 44c 0wcx c mst to ruium robin hood oats 47 d white swan 3ilhabnantpr2i49 lancia ragbag be i vel lotion sras pal 39- macaroni or spaghetti strained jloa foods o qqif memiced ml v m 24ox sl40 klllogg jell0 123ssi43t33 fuepfpi canadian process mfbh cheesesingle 77 onus uts ijjjgi pean uts 49 chaise iloun g0lden satin brand betty crocker assorted cakemiaes porchmtnt colourtd 1lh prlnh 249 k t on n rixtr 0ffee premium crackers 39 catsup 19 society chuns249 lawn hair old tike produce features ripe bananas 12 maclntosh reds fancy 79 barlinka grapes 59 stouffvillf red white foodmaster bikeathonmay 1 uxbridge twp the county of ontario has been allotted funds of 95073 under the provincial govern ments 1971 em ployment incentive program the idea of the plan is to create jobs for pickering approves deer hunt pickering twp a threeday hunt has been approved for the twp of pickering nov i 2 and 3 only shotguns are permitted no dogs are allowed although the motion april 5 was approved by council reeve john williams and coun cillor sherman scott were opposed reeve williams said he had received several telephone complaints last year concerning the conduct of some hunters tv 10 unemployea persons on the basis of 1 per capita for each municipality projects may in clude extension or improvement of capital works removal of dead elms brush clearing park improvements or rehabilitation of municipal buildings out of this amount the twp of uxbridge will receive 3365 although the council requested 4000 others follow ajax 6000 whitby 23256 cannington 1030 pickering village 1991 port perry 2000 brock 3116 mara 2618 pickering twp 29905 rama 956 reach 2500 scott 1000 thorah 1312 east whitby 3215 and ontario county 12809 uxbridge town beaverton and scugog requested no funds at all the suggested wage for casual labor is 230 per hour suburban final stouffville there are still two saturdays left to register in the stouffville lions- sponsored bikeathon may 1 the municipal of fice civic avenue will be open april 17 and 24 from 9 am to 1 pm to receive entries persons under 21 years must have their parents or guardians consent to date over 100 cyclists have signed up but the 30 mile route has room for many more join in the fun and at the same time assist the organization of your choice more than 80 volunteers will be stationed at check points along the road to assist at in- shrubmount areas had agreed to close the two room rural schools on one condition that the board assure them their children could attend at ballantrae lersections st john ambulance members will also be on hand the schedule ex tends from 9 am to 5 pm rain or shine the starting point is the stouffville park the 30 mile route also ends there the committee chairman is dr bill murphy main street west lu iihiiv tiii n bern1e safrance markham talks about the take off pounds sensibly club steven newroth norm terry rich mond hill talk with adrion clarkson and mrs keiller mackay about the day break walkcthon to be held april 24th dick griffen talks about the formation of a kinsmen club in markham bill murphy stouffville lions club talks about the bikcathon to be held on may 1st richmond hill cable tv 7iniili ijiooo openinq april 14th kemps new gallery of arts and crafts select from quality original oil paintings by canadian and european artists beautifully framed save on fine paintings by visiting our gallery loo off every item on opening weekend kamps upholstery draperies 39 main e stouffville 6403563 the ugly one still looks the best look ot it thii woy nobody hoi whot volkswogen hoi a 25 yeor heoditorl all thij timo weve been refining it improving it then refining our refinement ond improving our improvement nobody hoi the horde of inipecron the 16000 individual impectioni or the grinding teiti nobody hoi our kind of point job ol 35 pound of it nobody buildi o cor the woy we do- airtight nobody boildi in whot we do an extra heater a solid sheet of steel underneath a rear seat that fold down nobody has the service the electronic diog- nosi lyitem the 2 yeor 24000 mile warranty 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